One of the hardest parts about any off-season is watching hometown heroes move on, for whatever the reason. The Cardinals had to let World Series champion David Freese leave in 2013, after all. Freese may be gone but he still will never have to buy another drink in this town as long as he lives.
Freese had a couple of years’ removal from his game six dinger. Pat Maroon just won the Cup with the Blues two months ago and maintained lines of communication with Doug Armstrong throughout free agency, but the writing was on the wall.